Chapter 304 Two Ways to Shoot Arrows

Most of the dozens of people who appeared in front of Edward were in their thirties, both male and female.

These people are only the leaders of the orphan camp, they are the soul, brain, and top priority of the entire orphan camp.

Although the number of people is small, these dozens of people lead the hundreds of auxiliary personnel in the orphan camp, formulate various plans, and arrange various tasks.

For these management strata, Edward also screened carefully, cautiously, and brainwashed this matter, without the slightest mistake, otherwise it would fall short.

As a result, the old days when Baron Smith and Knight Alexander led the Guards to manage the orphan camp were gone.

The current management is a selection of loyal and capable people whom Edward has selected from among those who have been serving the royal family, or even for generations.

For example, the man closest to Edward, who knelt down on one knee in front of him, formed a V-shape for the entire team, and he was the most prominent point of the V-shape.

He had two thin whiskers hanging from the corners of his mouth, his face was dry and thin, without much flesh, he was dressed in fine linen clothes, and he wore a black hat on his head.

Judging from his kneeling figure, his height is still ordinary, about one meter six, and his temperament is particularly like a housekeeper.

Of course, he was promoted by the butler, whose name was Braun.

He is only twenty-nine years old this year, but he looks like a middle-aged man, or, in the eyes of people at the time, he is middle-aged.

The reason why he was appointed by Edward as the administrator of the orphan camp was mainly because of his achievements, which were too brilliant compared to others.

In previous years, Edward's deep ploughing and three-garden system, as well as farm manure, had been practiced on several estates near Windsor Castle, and it was not long before the entire grain production was halved after the first harvest.

With a stroke of his pen, Edward pursued this policy on a large scale in the Dukedoms of Lancaster and Cornwall, as well as other counties and counts, and even knighthoods.

Among so many estates, Braun's estate, under his leadership, recorded a record increase in grain production, and the area of arable land continued to grow, especially the income of the estate, six hundred acres of arable land, which generated an income of nearly two thousand pounds, a growth rate of three hundred percent, to rank first among all estates.

With such achievements, as well as management skills, Luna was immediately recommended by Luna to Edward's desk, and appeared directly in front of Edward.

Therefore, after Edward's investigation, he confirmed that his results were true, and that the father and son had been loyal to the royal family for generations, and was directly appointed by Edward to the orphan camp.

Of course, the same is true for the rest of the people, who are basically relatively good managers.

For these talents, Edward naturally will not let them waste in the orphan camp all the time, this is just a temporary place for them to stay, and in a few years, they will be added to the officialdom.

The other manor stewards, knowing that stewardship is not their end, will definitely work harder to get into the orphan camp, while Edward's royal income is growing.

Sure enough, it was a good idea, Edward thought proudly.

In fact, the adoption of an examination system to recruit officials has improved the quality of officials to a certain extent and alleviated the dilemma of insufficient officials, but it is difficult to maintain the loyalty of officials.

Therefore, this group of people can be said to be another-stirring stick inserted into officialdom by Edward.

Edward's mind was full of thoughts, and time had only passed for a moment.

His Majesty was stunned for a moment, then with a smile on his face, he bent down slightly, grabbed Braun's shoulders with both hands, and slowly helped him up.

Seeing this, the people behind also stood up automatically, raised their heads, and looked at the young king quietly.

"Braun, how's it going?" Edward glanced at Braun's touched expression and walked ahead on his own, asking softly.

Braun's beard moved as if he were dancing, and tears were about to flow from his eyes, and the look of emotion was visible to everyone.

After Edward took a look, he kept muttering in his heart: Niang Xipi, sure enough, I helped others brainwash a lot, and I was washed with it, it seems that this profession still has this passive effect, and it is really a bit true on Baidu!

"Your Majesty, the camp has been as calm as ever recently, but a while ago, more than three hundred years of girls have become adults, and their place has been arranged!"

Braun followed Edward step by step, half a body short of him, and when he saw His Majesty ask a question, he replied softly and slowly, for fear of accidentally saying the wrong thing.

Luna and Lucy sensibly followed Braun, with the other administrators following the two of them.

His right foot mischievously kicked the egg-sized stone in the center of the road, watching it roll away with his own strength, and a smile appeared on his face, and then he responded: "I already understand, you can take me around today!" I remember not being here yet! ”

For this group of adult orphans, Edward naturally knew that they had already arranged them.

He found that the original 300 guards around him had added more than 20 people, including two women, but they were average in appearance, not at the level of Emma.

As a king, there are not too many women around him, he is no longer a college student, and when he sees a woman, he wants to pounce on it and contribute to the reproduction of mankind.

Now, the standard that can make his heart flutter, unless it is above Emma's level, she is the basic line.

Of course, the appearance is not enough, and the figure can also be made up a little, so it's still okay!

The topic is crooked.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Faced with the king's request, Braun immediately lifted his chest and replied in a loud voice, much higher.

Braun then drew himself a little closer to His Majesty, his chest held high, and his right hand made a gesture of invitation, and then he turned his head and nodded to the management of the camp of orphans.

Such behavior, in the eyes of Luna and Lucy, is nothing.

But for those who are also in management, this is a naked show-off, and what an important and honorable mission to walk with the king as a tour guide! just let him go, which made everyone psychologically unbalanced.

Braun walked ahead excitedly, unaware that he was being hated by his colleagues.

If Edward knew, I'm afraid he would have even more bonuses for these people!

Following Braun's gesture, Edward walked into the manor.

As soon as he entered, Edward found a group of teenage boys and girls practicing archery in the green grass.

In a group of ten, with ten targets in front, the boys and girls pulled the recurve bow in their hands with a serious face, and with an iron wrench on their thumbs, they pulled up the bowstring and shot.

This oriental-style bow and arrow and archery method made the eyes of the guards who followed suddenly widen.

Braun and the others were not surprised, and the reaction of the guards was not surprising.

You know, at this time in England, as well as in Europe, used a method called Mediterranean archery, using the index finger, middle finger and ring finger to pull the bowstring, while the index finger and middle finger clamp the tail of the arrow, three fingers to buckle the string, the arrow is placed on the inside of the body, the advantage is that it is quick to get started.

And with the wrench, is our traditional shooting method (Mongolian style), the arrow is on the outside, the difficulty is much higher than the Mediterranean style, the advantages are also obvious, once practiced, whether near or far lead or stationary can have a better result, and the rate of fire is much higher than the Mediterranean style (the fingers do not control the arrow when the Mediterranean string is drawn, so the tail of the arrow must have a buckle groove, and the speed of the arrow is greatly slowed down).

Nowadays, archery is basically Mediterranean, and the tradition is too difficult to do, and it will not be possible to play for a few years, after all, it depends on intuition.

However, the Mediterranean style of archery requires a high level of material and shooter, and the bow body is made of very rare yew wood, which is very expensive.

Moreover, he was also strict about the height and strength of archers, so much so that ancient England, where archery was promoted throughout the country, had a population of more than 3 million but less than 10,000 archers.

Therefore, Edward directly chose the Mongolian style of shooting, using horns, bamboo and tendons to glue a recurve bow.

Due to the great deformation of the bow, the bowstring is often drawn at an acute angle, and if the bow is pulled with three fingers, it will be strangled by the bowstring.

Putting a wrench on the thumb solves this problem, and there is very little friction between the finger chords when shooting, which is conducive to improving accuracy.

The Mongolian style does not use the 2-point-1 aiming method, so when shooting arrows, it only looks at the target and does not look at its own arrow, which is conducive to shooting moving targets.

The biggest difference between the Mongolian style and the Mediterranean style is that the Mediterranean archery requires the arrow to be stuffed into a slot, like a crossbow arrow, while the Mongolian style is directly placed on the outside, which is simple and fast.

Historically, the Europeans were beaten into dogs by the Huns, because the Europeans needed to look at the arrows when shooting arrows, and the Huns directly pulled the bow and shot, which was a little slower and less flexible than the Huns.

So, Mongolian archery is such an economical bargain, why shouldn't Edward choose it?

Let's put it simply! The Mongolian style is suitable for ordinary people, and with diligent practice, it is possible to become an archer, or even a sharpshooter.

The Mediterranean style, on the other hand, picks people, and without that body and strength, it cannot be used.

As for the Mediterranean style, that is, the nature of the English longbow, Edward will still carefully select those who meet the conditions to practice, and ordinary people will practice Mongolian style!

Someone asked, since the arquebuses are out, why do you still practice bows and arrows?

And we must be clear that the effective range of ordinary bows and arrows is generally about 120 meters, and the English longbow can reach 200 meters.

At that time, the effective range of arquebuses was generally only about 70 meters, and the gap was too obvious.